Finalist: The New York Times Staff, and notably Gina Kolata
For their exploration of the lack of progress in the 40-year war on cancer, combining explanation of scientific complexity and the exposure of myths with an empathetic portrayal of the human suffering caused by the disease.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 2010:
Michael Moss and members of the Staff
For relentless reporting on contaminated hamburger and other food safety issues that, in print and online, spotlighted defects in federal regulation and led to improved practices. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category.)
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 2010:
Dan Egan
For his path-breaking coverage of how invasive aquatic creatures have disrupted the ecosystem of the Great Lakes and other bodies of water, illuminating the science and politics of an important national issue.
Kirsten Grind, Jeanne Lang Jones and Alwyn Scott
For their meticulous examination of the collapse of Washington Mutual, the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, plumbing causes and raising troubling questions about federal regulation.
The Jury
The Jury
Alix Freedman(chair )*
deputy managing editor
Carole Tarrant
editor
John Drescher
executive editor
Jonathan Landman
culture editor
Libby Averyt
vice president of advertising and former editor and online general manager
Peggy Bellows
managing editor
Stephen Engelberg
managing editor
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
Bettina Boxall and Julie Cart
For their fresh and painstaking exploration into the cost and effectiveness of attempts to combat the growing menace of wildfires across the western United States.
Amy Harmon
For her striking examination of the dilemmas and ethical issues that accompany DNA testing, using human stories to sharpen her reports.
Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Rick Loomis
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
David Finkel
For his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government's attempt to bring democracy to Yemen.
2010 Prize Winners
Paul Harding
A powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality.
Hank Williams
For his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life.
Liaquat Ahamed
A compelling account of how four powerful bankers played crucial roles in triggering the Great Depression and ultimately transforming the United States into the world's financial leader.
Rae Armantrout
A book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.